Skate.



C. HILLE.

SKATB.

APPLICATION I'ILED JUN'E 30, 1913.

Patente June 23,-1914.

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CARL HILLE, OF ALTA, IOWA.

SKATE.

Specification of Letters ZPatent.

Patented June 23, 1914:.

Application filed June 30, 1913. Serial No. 776,717.

To aZZ 'whom t may Gomera Be it known that I, CARL HILLE, a cltizen of the United States, and resident of Alta, in the county of Buena Vista and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Skate, of which the following is a speclfication.

The object of my invention is to provide a skate of simple, durable and inexpenslVe construction, having a central blade with a rounded edge and having blades mounted on the sides of the central blade and adjustable vertically with relation thereto.

My invention consists in certain details, in the construction, combination and arrangement of the Various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig'ure 1 shows a side eleVation of a skate, embodying my invention. Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of a portion of the middle blade of my improved skate. Fig. 3 shows a transverse, Vertical, sectional View taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4; shows a similar View taken on the line 1]: 4 of F ig. 1.

In the accompanying drawing, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally a skate blade. Mounted on the upper edge of the blade 10 are the ordinary heel and toe blades 11 and 12 and the ordinary devices 13 for securing the skate to a shoe. The blade 10 is provided with a plurality of Vertical elongated slots 14. The lower edge.

of the blade 10 is rounded at 15, as clearlv shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Arranged parallel with and engaging the blade 10, on each side thereof, is an additional blade 16. The blades 16 are secured to the blade 10 and to each other by means of bolts 17 which eX- tend through the respective slots 14 and are held in position by nuts 18. The lower edge of each of the blades 16 is heveled from its inner side downwardly and outwardly at 19, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4.

It will readily be seen that when the nut 18 is loose, the blade 16 may be adjusted vertically with relation to the blade 10. The bolts 17 are permitted considerable Vertical play in the slots 14:.

It is my purpose in providing the adjustable blades 16 to make a skate which may be readily and easily adjusted for adapting it especially for speed Skating or fancy Skating, as the wearer may desire. When the blades 16 are adjusted toward the upper limit of their movement with their lower edges slightly above the level of the lower edges of the blade 10, the skate is adjusted for speed Skating. When the skate is so adjusted the wearer may skate without the stroke and the roundedsurface 15 will travel on the surface of the ice. A rounded surface will travel more smoothly, rapidly and will go farther from the same impulse than will a flat or concave surface. At the same time the blades 16 are low enough so that when the skater inclines his foot slightly, the sharp edges of said blades will engage the 1ce.

In Fig. LL I have shown my skate adjusted for fancy Skating. The blades 16 are near the lower limit of their moVement with relation to the blade 10 and their lower edges are below the level of the rounded surface 15 of the blade 10. When the blades are in the position shown in Fig. 4:, there are two sharp edges for engaging the ice in fancy Skating.

It will be understood that the blades shown in my drawing may be made in any of the ordinary styles. with my improved form of skate it is possible to skate a mile several seconds faster than could be done with the old style blade.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a skate, a blade having a rounded edge, a blade on each side of said first blade having beveled edges, and means for adjustably securing the outside blades to the middle blade.

2. In a skate, a middle blade having a rounded lower edge, a blade on each side of said middle blade, having its lower edge beveled downwardly and outwardly from the middle blade, and means for securing said blades together in Various relatiVe positions.

Des Moines, Iowa, June 18, 1913.

CARL HILLE. Witnesses:

V. E. HERBERT, W. E. LAwRENoE.

Copiel of this patent may 'be obtained ior five cents each, by addressng the Commissioner of Eatents, Washington, D. 0.

I have found that 

